Tap Water Vs Bottled Water - Should We Bottle the Tap Or Tap the Bottle? Oy Vey! I Need a Drink!

Tap Water Vs Bottled Water - Should We Bottle the Tap Or Tap the Bottle? Oy Vey! I Need a Drink!

Is tap water cleaner than bottled water? Most would probably say "No." After all, do you get flyers from your water utility with pictures of snow-capped mountains and streams of gurgling water flowing over rocks into crystal clear, bubbling pools? Nah, you just get a bill. So, let's strip away the marketing bunk and tally some comparison points.

In Cleveland, Ohio, researchers took tap water samples from four processing plants and compared them with five types of bottled water.

1. If tooth decay is a concern, bottled water failed the fluoride tests with only 5% falling within the recommended range. The tap water was okay. Tap, 1 point.

Tap water is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and they require enough chlorine to be added to the water to kill ALL bacteria.

Bottled water, whose source is often from the tap (see label of Pepsi's Aquafina), is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and they allow bottlers some contamination by E. coli or fecal coliform. Ewww! Sewage! Yuck! Ptooey!

2. While neither result is acceptable, the outcomes reflect the differences in regulation. Two-thirds of the bottled water had lower bacterial counts than the tap water samples, but, 25 percent of the bottled water had 10 times more bacteria than tap water. Tap, 2 points.

3. Lead leaching from supply pipes or fixtures can be a major concern for tap water users, whereas, bottled water is sealed and remains unchanged after processing. Bottled, 1 point.

Chlorine, mandated by the EPA, is a poison that transforms itself into a class of chemical carcinogens in the presence of organic materials. These carcinogens have been directly linked to heart disease and cancer.

4. Danger from chlorine, along with the water's foul taste and smell, is the main reason why most people prefer bottled water vs tap water. Bottled, 2 points.

The EPA and the FDA have identical standards regarding acceptable levels of pharmaceutical drugs. They have none.

Some water utilities test for a few drugs but none remove them.

None of the bottlers test their final product for drugs (that I am aware of), but some have filtering processes that would remove some drugs.

Following recent events on Wall Street, I have full confidence our Government and Wall Street will demand testing for pharmaceutical drugs in our water supplies once we all have long flowing beards, high-pitched voices and are growing a few extra body parts.

5. Bottled water gets an edge here since some bottlers use filter systems which do remove some drugs. Bottled, 3 points.

Those same filters, however, remove trace minerals, such as calcium, magnesium and potassium, essential to good health. If these minerals are not added back, water is flat tasting and unhealthy to drink.

Unhealthy because the water becomes slightly acidic, and when we consume an acid substance, our bodies will take calcium from our teeth and bones to produce bicarbonate in order to neutralize the acid.

6. In light of the above comments related to minerals, and the fact that various studies suggest cancer can only grow in an acid environment, it's another point for tap water. Tap, 3 points.

The U.S. produces 70 million empty plastic water bottles every day, using enough oil in a year to keep 100,000 cars on the road. Landfills are overwhelmed with these bottles. It's estimated that over 60 million of them go to landfills every day.

7. Add in the eco-costs for manufacturing, trucking, shelving and marketing and it's another point for tap water. Tap, 4 points.

Big oil companies buy oil leases from our government, explore for oil, drill, pump, transport to refineries, refine, store, transport to gas stations, pay huge taxes and deliver a reliable product for under .00 a gallon.

Bottled water folks, turn a tap, filter the water (maybe), fill the bottle, take it to the store, pay taxes and deliver a questionable product at a very high price.

8. The cheapest bottled water I found at the store today was .82 on a per gallon basis! Tap, 5 points.

Okay, tap wins this little contest 5 to 3.

That said, I will not knowingly drink tap water. Why?

Go read number 4 again and the paragraph above it.

I spend most of my day reading and writing about what's in our water and what it's doing to us, and, in my opinion, the chlorine in tap water is the primary cause of heart disease and cancer in the world today.

I filter my tap water before I use it. I will use bottled water in an emergency, but it's expensive and way too "iffy" to count on. I bottle my own!

Filter your tap water before you use it and bottle your own water. That way you know you are getting good, safe, water at a penny per glass, not five dollars or more a gallon.

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How do I choose a water filter Part 9: The journey into the unknown

Select in this final installment of the road for the water-filter, filtration, discussing the nth degree. With the n-th degree, we are playful reference ultra-ultra-purified water. This is not intended to reduce the importance of pure water, but realistically, this type of water treatment is only a small percentage of people. Typically, people with weakened immune systems or other serious physical illnesses require this level of cleanliness.

So, what aretalk to you? Here's an example of a journey into unknown treatment system in terms of the average municipal water supply. The water enters the house and goes through two cartridge type sediment filter of 5 microns to 50 microns. The water then passes back into a great car wash with a standard carbon-based sodium ion exchange water softener and filter Thereafter, a UV light. At this point, the water goes to the various items in the house, but the treatment is still far away, especially for waterreached the main newspaper in the kitchen. Here comes the water with reverse osmosis-RO system and no system to do. Often a 6 or 7 RO level high-end with a different UV filter, a DI (deionization) is to further reduce pollutants and TDS (total dissolved solids) and a cartridge of post-RO Remineralization for the "good" replace minerals removed from the RO and DI. The re-mineralization also serves a secondary purpose of raising the pH to an appropriate level for the nextPhase of treatment, the water ionizer.

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Ionized water is a difficult topic because it is a lot of hype about these expensive systems, but very little scientific evidence about the actual companies argued that many of these production systems in peer-reviewed. We do not sell these units and wait patiently on the sidelines as a spectator in a ruling reserved until more evidence is more or less. In any case, these systems often require aMinimum pH value of 7 or 8 in order to function properly. Requirements vary from brand to brand, but in a nutshell, they would have large clumps of water molecules into smaller chunks, which separates more easily absorbed by the body at the cellular level. For the alkaline nature of water produced, they claim that the water promotes an alkaline environment inside the human body, which reports that in a number of ways in which an advantage. Some go as far to say, the water has antioxidant properties. Asalready indicated, few people really need this level of water treatment, but it's good to know that will be available should you decide to go in that direction.

We hope that this series has been helpful and informative. If all the necessary information in these articles, please contact us and we will do our best to help you choose the right water filter for your situation.

How do I choose a water filter Part 9: The journey into the unknown

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Why should your refrigerator water filter every six months?

The life of refrigerator water filters depends on the amount of pollutants in the water and the level of filter usage. Well, water is more likely to contain contaminants not found in public water treated and may require more frequent filter changes. As a rule of thumb, the filter should be as specified by the manufacturer or at least every six months to be replaced.

Carbon is the primary substance used in water filtration methods because carbon has the potential toabsorb many of the chemicals in water. To satisfy the majority of refrigerator water filters, NSF / ANSI 42 certification standards, use granular activated carbon (GAC) for chemicals and impurities responsible for bad taste and odor, such as those of winning a by-product of chlorine . These filters are not free in the position, but the water of the most dangerous, potentially harmful substances. The method by which the flow of water through the GAC filter, there is not enough time to completeThe absorption of these substances. various bacteria are formed, trapped and left to multiply, the process of further pollution of water through the filter. The carbon is not able to take up heavy metals such as lead. GAC filters can trap some heavy metals and sediment, but other filters for the water source. Otherwise, the filter every six months so as not to saturate the absorbed water and bacterial contamination of the newly formed filter so that the filter is losingImpurities in treated water. The release of water can, should contain more pollutants than one filter to eliminate first.

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The technique has led to the development of absorbing more carbon-based filters, solid carbon block filter. These filters are solid blocks of carbon to absorb impurities from water. The water takes longer to master the carbon blocks, carbon granules, so that the blocks of carbon have enough time to record morehealth hazard containment. By absorbing carbon block filter is able, toxins, pesticides, TTHM and other contaminants that can not absorb heavy metals or impurities, by-products of agricultural fertilizers, such as nitrates or sulfides. The composition of blocks of carbon, may contain heavy metals and bacteria from the production of water, but nitrates are not filtered and sulfides. However, the carbon block filter sufficient to meet NSF / ANSI 53 CertificationStandard. Otherwise, the carbon block filter change every six months makes it possible to saturate the filter impurities so that the filter is leaking contaminants in the treated water. Since the sediments are not out of water sediment and debris filter fittings and valves to corrode the water, causing the leak. This type of damage, filters and valves, the output can contain pollutants of water over the water inlet filter. Failure to comply could change filters also reducethe water pressure in the filter system and forcing him ineffective.

Some refrigerator water filter can filter the water of the fiber. These filters are made of tightly wrapped fibers of cellulose or rayon yarn, lead, rust and other sediments found in water is removed. When used alone, these filters are ineffective in reducing chemical or hazardous pollutants. fiber filters are more suitable for use with other types of filters to reduce the concentration ofSediments. They must be replaced every six months to avoid a build up of sediment that would force the filter for pollutants leak back into the water treated.

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Why should your refrigerator water filter every six months?

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